Torture and suffering, dictatorship and violence

This article discusses torture as a practice that was denied and at the same time practiced bythe civilian-military dictatorships of Brazil (1964-1985) and Argentina (1976-1983). For thatpurpose we discuss the concepts of power in Arendt and Foucault and the state of exceptionin Agamben, proposing t...

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Autor principal: Coelho, Myrna; Pós-doutoranda do Instituto de Psicologia (IP) da USP, São Paulo-SP, Brasil.
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Lenguaje:Portugués
Publicado: Lutas Sociais. ISSN 1415-854X 2014
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Acceso en línea:http://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/ls/article/view/25698
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=br/br-027&d=article25698oai
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topic Torture; dictatorship; human rights; mental health.
Ciências Sociais: sociologia, ciência política, história e afins
Tortura; ditadura; direitos humanos; saúde mental.
spellingShingle Torture; dictatorship; human rights; mental health.
Ciências Sociais: sociologia, ciência política, história e afins
Tortura; ditadura; direitos humanos; saúde mental.
Coelho, Myrna; Pós-doutoranda do Instituto de Psicologia (IP) da USP, São Paulo-SP, Brasil.
Torture and suffering, dictatorship and violence
topic_facet Torture; dictatorship; human rights; mental health.
Ciências Sociais: sociologia, ciência política, história e afins
Tortura; ditadura; direitos humanos; saúde mental.
description This article discusses torture as a practice that was denied and at the same time practiced bythe civilian-military dictatorships of Brazil (1964-1985) and Argentina (1976-1983). For thatpurpose we discuss the concepts of power in Arendt and Foucault and the state of exceptionin Agamben, proposing the new concept of “Bio-power of sovereignty.” This article is basedon a doctoral research project that sought to understand the mode of being and suffering ofthe political prisoner undergoing torture through the analysis of five thousand testimonies ofpolitical prisoners who were tortured by these dictatorships.
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author Coelho, Myrna; Pós-doutoranda do Instituto de Psicologia (IP) da USP, São Paulo-SP, Brasil.
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title Torture and suffering, dictatorship and violence
title_short Torture and suffering, dictatorship and violence
title_full Torture and suffering, dictatorship and violence
title_fullStr Torture and suffering, dictatorship and violence
title_full_unstemmed Torture and suffering, dictatorship and violence
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publisher Lutas Sociais. ISSN 1415-854X
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